I too like his use of the Internet, but I wouldn't call it brilliant. I rather think that everyone else's campaign is collosally stupid for not doing so.
Last election, Deanna and I worked on a project that was a web and interactive TV application that provided candidate information and on election night provided live updates for your chosen race/candidates that overlayed the PBS tv coverage. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 10:32 AM Subject: Re: Dean and the media > I just don't know that much about him. Not that there's a dearth of > information about him online - his campaign's use of the internet so far > has been brilliant, and will likely be emulated at least in part by > candidates for the forseeable future, especially if he lands the nomination. > > - Jim > > Kevin Schmidt wrote: > > >I like Dean's gun policies, but high taxes and high spending, like in Vermont is not middle of the road. His ideas on taxes and spending are way to the left. I have met him twice and each time he left the impression with me that he is soft on defense, which just doesn't bode well with me. > > > > > > > >>I think Dean's liberal mantle is mostly propped up by Vermont's "civil > >> > >>union" provision for homosexual couples. Dean's fairly > >>middle-of-the-road in regards to some things, namely gun ownership and > >> > >>his fiscal policies. He seems like a nice guy and a reasonable > >>candidate, but he imploded on "Meet The Press" a couple of months ago. > >> > >> > >>- Jim > >> > >>Kevin Schmidt wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Mike, > >>> > >>>He's very liberal, which is why he has been able to pull out the > >>> > >>> > >>fringe groups. He even said himself, "A centrist in Vermont, is a > >>liberal everywhere else." He touts a balanced budget, but when you > >>have taxes as high as they are in Vermont, it's not hard. He's also > >>weak on defense in my opinion. His problem is going to be when it > >>comes to states outside of Iowa and New Hampshire, when those "fringe" > >>groups that he has built his base on aren't there in the same numbers. > >>I think you will see Dean fade late, especially if Wesley Clark jumps > >>in. > >> > >> > >>>Of course you can see me with Governor Dean at http://www.ninedwarfs. > >>> > >>> > >>com > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I'm looking at some of the mail in my outlook and there's some > >>>> > >>>> > >>interesting > >> > >> > >>>>things here. A CF programmer looking to make a Dean fan site, > >>>> > >>>> > >>Klingons for Dean, > >> > >> > >>>>Sims for Dean, etc. I don't know who this guy is, yet I see grass > >>>> > >>>> > >>roots groups > >> > >> > >>>>jumping up for him. Groups that are not the norm, fringe even > >>>> > >>>> > >>(People dressed up > >> > >> > >>>>as Klingons can be classified as such). > >>>>Now if I wanted to become president, I'd manipulate my ratings in > >>>> > >>>> > >>the exact same > >> > >> > >>>>way this guy seems to be doing. Get all the small groups together as > >>>> > >>>> > >>well as the > >> > >> > >>>>big ones. Perfect building for a presidential bid. > >>>>So is it all true? Does he really have support from Klingons, geeks > >>>> > >>>> > >>and all the > >> > >> > >>>>'others'? Who is he? What does he actually stand for? I already know > >>>> > >>>> > >>Bush and > >> > >> > >>>>don't like him much and I despise Lieberman, so who's left? > >>>>Yeah, its early for politics, but.... > >>>> > >>>>Michael Dinowitz > >>>>Finding technical solutions to the problems you didn't know you had > >>>> > >>>> > >>yet > >> > >> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
